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this Embafly, and anfwered, they could fay 

 nothing to that Demand, not knowing our 

 Minds, but if he would permit them to go 

 and fpQak with the reft, they would return 

 an Anfwer. Hearing this, he threatned pre- 

 fent Death, but at length gave leave to our 

 Janiz^ary to carry us a Letter from them, 

 wherein they (hewed the danger they were in-^ 

 ajjd earneftly entreated us to redeem them, 

 the Price fet on them being 2000 Dollars, 

 one half in Mony, the other half in Goods, 

 as Swords, Cloaths, Tents, &c. which the 

 Emir promifed to eliimate at their Worth. 



This Letter amazed us mightily, and a lit- 

 tle before it arrived, we underftanding a lit- 

 tle, and fearing more ill Treatment to our 

 Friends, were getting ready to free them or 

 die with them. The Garden where Melkam 

 lay, was about half a Mile from the Tents, 

 full of Palm-Trees^ and had no Walls, but 

 , loofe Stones piled up Breaft high about them, 

 fo we defigned to have gone fuddenly and 

 given two or three Volleys on them, e'er they 

 could get to Horfe and the Arab know not 

 how to Fight on Foot. And though they 

 braggM they had 400 Men, we fupj^ofed 200 

 might be the moft, and they not all La^ices. 

 But on receipt of this Letter, and the Ser- 

 vants telling us that they would certainly 

 be cut off, if we endeavoured their Refcue, 

 we began to examin what Moneys we had, 

 Cloaths and other Trade , and found we 

 could not near make up that Sum. In this 

 Confufron came two Arabs to receive the 

 things, and immediately Word was brought 

 that the Emir would come and Vifit us we 



